Font in Ardocheasty, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

An octagonal font (dim. 0.68m) with a circular basin (diam. 0.52m; D 0.22m; H c. 0.4m) and stiff-leaf decoration on the eight side-panels, was originally supported on four pillars. The font and its octagonal base (dim. 0.68m; H 0.23m) was moved in 1838 from the nave of the Cathedral (WA040-008002-) to the nearby, then newly-built Church of Ireland church (WA040-008020-). (Westropp 1903, 372-3) Westropp, T. J. (1903) Notes on the antiquities of Ardmore. JRSAI, 33, 353-80.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA040-008019

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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St Declan's Ardmore GAA official website; individual aerial photographer not stated, www.ardmoregaa.ie
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